One of my favorite places in Southern California is Edwards Air Force Base.
It sits next to a huge dry lake bed located north of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert.
At this location, Chuck Yeager flew a jet faster that the speed of sound for the first time. In the early days of flight testing, Edwards was the center of the universe. The space shuttle made It's first landing there and still occasionally lands when the weather is bad in Florida.
Today it remains a very active place.
I've had the good fortune of shooting several assignments there as well as attending many air shows.
Above is an image provided by NASA that shows a huge compass rose that is painted on the lake bed. It's used to assist pilots adjust heading indicators. The runways are some of the longest on Earth.
For more images go here.
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